Baking

I haven’t made bows in a while. It took me a few goes to remember how to make them but once I made a couple it came back to me, and they turned out really sweet. I wanted to make something girly for Laura to celebrate her 20th birthday and knew that bows would be the right design for her. I love that it kind of looks like it belongs in …

It’s been a few weeks now since the Hampton Court Flower Show was on but I’ve been waiting to share this post until I made this cake. I had the best day at Hampton Court with my flower-loving friend Alexia, and while the weather wasn’t amazing, the displays sure were. We wandered through the show gardens, browsed the stalls and enjoyed a demonstration from top florist Simon Lycett. I went away feeling super inspired by all the incredible plants and flowers. Their textures and colours were fascinating but mostly I ended up looking at everything and wishing it was made out of sugar. Typical. While in the rose tent one particular flower grabbed my attention for …

I love getting unusual cupcake requests and this has to to be one of my favourites. I was asked to make Ancient Egyptian themed cupcakes for our friend’s children and I was so excited. I chose to make fondant toppers shaping them in to pyramids, pharaohs, hieroglyphics and mummies. I aimed to make them …

I don’t really know how to talk to you about my love of Frozen. I could tell you just how many dozens of times I’ve seen it. Go into detail about how it’s one of the most adorable films I’ve seen in ages. Or how all of us 24+ year olds sang along to the soundtrack in the car on my recent road trip in LA. I could even tell you how many times I’ve asked someone if they wanted to build a snowman even though it’s July. However it’s probably in my best interest to just tell you …